An Australian charity which is raising funds by manufacturing shoes using leather made from cane toads has said it is a “huge missed opportunity” that it cannot buy cane toad leather in Australia.

The Ted Noffs Foundation, a youth-at-risk charity, started producing the handmade sneakers to raise money for its Sydney drop-in centre. Foundation representative Matt Noffs said that cane toad leather seemed the most ecologically sustainable material available.

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